I think you misspelled the word "article" .if your looking for backlinks then it would be good to write article and split your articles between a few quality directories.
Hi Harry, articles are a form of content, like we write an essay on something. They are helpful in SEO and link building because you can put your links in the articles under some keywords (which are the words that appear in the articles and are among the most commonly (or commonly) searched terms on the internet. So, if you write a good article with good keywords in it that link to your site/sites, and then publish/post it in various article directories or sites, you will get backlinks from those very sites, and it will help you in getting higher rankings in the search engines. Therefore, it is called one of the ways to do SEO(search engine optimization).
There are many threads in this forum discussing about article submissions and how it can help in SEO efforts. It is not articals but articles. Search for articles or article and you will find plenty of info to know about
You write articles about your niche with your keywords and site name, link in it. Submit it to article directories and this helps your traffic, pr, etc. GD
Wring articles on a topic which includes the keyword and then you give a link to your site. It drives some quality traffic and improves SERP because of a backlink.